Ruth Westheimer (born June 4, 1928) is a sex therapist and author. Best known as Dr. Ruth, the New York Times described her as "a cultural icon in the 1980s. The Sister Wendy of sexuality, she ushered in the new age of freer, franker talk about sex on radio and television-and was endlessly parodied for her limitless enthusiasm and for having an accent only a psychologist could have